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5 Biggest Differences Between B2B and B2C Sales Strategies

Tom Spencer

It also means being able to correctly classify your market. One of the simplest distinctions in sales is that between B2C, which stands for business-to-customer, and B2B, which stands for business-to-business. Simply put, a B2C sale takes place when your business sells a product or service directly to an end consumer.

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Put Marketing at the Core of Your Growth Strategy

Harvard Business

Companies that make the decision to put marketing at the core of their growth strategy outperform the competition, according to McKinsey research. Specifically, both B2C and B2B companies who view branding and advertising as a top two growth strategy are twice as likely to see revenue growth of 5% or more than those that don’t (67% to 33%).

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How to Design an Offer Consulting Clients Will Love

Consulting Matters

I also want to talk about the difference between B2C offers and B2B offers. Meaning a B2B business is a business that's positioned to help an organization. A B2C business is when the actual buyer is an individual, and you need to think about your offers differently. The reality is content marketing is not dead.

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Consultant Marketing Listen or Lead?

Jerry Fletcher

Suddenly marketing gals and guys are debating whether to listen or lead and how the pandemic reaction will affect that going forward. Consultant Marketing is different…or is it? We know from 17 years of research that Consultant Marketing is not like traditional product marketing. Then a pandemic got in the way.

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Consultant Marketing Crafting Identity

Jerry Fletcher

You can do so much with words that some e-mail experts in Business to Business (B2B) situations prefer all text to templates full of color and photos and illustrations. But in the Business to Consumer (B2C) world the colorful piece in print or digital form wins the day. I thought my computer sound had crashed. And so it goes.

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How to Create a "What I Do" Statement That Impresses Potential Clients [On-Air Coaching with J. Kyle Howard]

Consulting Matters

Kyle is a former CIO turned consultant, and one of the big things that held him back from launching his business and marketing was not having a straightforward way to express what he does. Check out our marketing agency services, mentoring programs and courses at [link].

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7 Key Decisions for Starting Your Consulting or Coaching Business Right

Consulting Matters

The Difference Between B2B and B2C Business Models. B2C Business - Offer advice, inspiration, programs, products, and services sought out and paid for by an individual who is seeking to improve their own life, career, or personally owned boutique business. So, are you a.